I am grateful to the Creator of the Universe for making it possible for me to watch some of the most exciting and dramatic football matches in my life, back-to-back, in the space of the past few days. I am...
Afcon 2019
AFCON 2019 DAILY DIARY – Day 18
Goodbye Alexandria. Welcome, Cairo. That’s what happened to the Super Eagles yesterday. The team departed Alexandria, the city that had been home to them since their arrival in Egypt almost three weeks ago, in a sea of emotions. A crowd of hotel...
Afcon 2019, Featured
AFCON 2019 Daily Diary – Day 17
It is Monday morning, the Super Eagles are preparing to head to Cairo. The team’s itinerary is to travel to Cairo this morning, settle down in their new base, and train this evening. It is not clear if the team will be flying...
Afcon 2019
AFCON 2019 Daily Diary – Day 16
The celebrations ended at 11:59 pm last night in Alexandria. That was Gernot Rohr’s strict instructions to the players after the celebrations in the dressing room of the Alexandria stadium, venue of the most entertaining match at AFCON 2019 so...
Afcon 2019
AFCON 2019 Daily Diary – Day 15
It is D-Day. The die is cast. There is nothing more to be done. From 5 pm today, the world will witness another one of the epic confrontations between two of the keenest rivalries in African football. Yesterday was all talk. Today...
Afcon 2019
AFCON 2019 Daily Diary – Day 14
The Helnan Palestine Hotel was not the centre of activity yesterday. Nothing happened there except the almost quiet entry and exit of the Super Eagles to their training ground and back. There were no visitors, no interviews, no roaming around,...
Football, General, Politics
Sport, the last card for Nigeria.
Now I know that Nigeria needs Sport to get out of the cesspool it has found itself after over 50 years of a political arrangement that has largely failed to produce results reflective of the country’s huge expectations at Independence...
Afcon 2019, Featured
AFCON 2019 Daily Diary – Day 13
With two days to go, the countdown has begun. Gernot Rohr is keeping everything close to his chest. Last night, after dinner, he allowed the media a last interaction with the players. The players were free to talk and express their...
Afcon 2019, Featured
AFCON 2019 Daily Diary – Day 12
Let me reiterate that I am not in Egypt. My passport is still in ‘detention’. I am in Lagos anchoring the television presentation of some of the matches of AFCON 2019 involving the Super Eagles on NTA, in an NTA/Hotsports collaboration....
Afcon 2019, Featured, Football
AFCON 2019 Daily Diary – Day 11
If I was in charge of Nigerian football, yesterday, I would have taken some very drastic decisions on the structure of the Super Eagles. Gernot Rohr should thank his lucky stars I am not. I shall, however, express my personal thoughts...
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